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As online shopping and pandemic leave swathe of retail units vacant, universities are urged to seize chance for space and civic roles

Entry ban compounded by lack of flexibility on degree time limits, publishing requirements and accreditation transfer

After yet another minister falls to a plagiarism scandal, observers lament that a long German tradition of doctorates has descended into academic ‘credentialism’

Peter Coaldrake also warns universities against ‘sleepwalking’ through Covid-induced risks to their business model

Innovative approaches can help students become more empathetic and skilled at decision-making as well as better historians

Latest data from the ����Vlog Office show recovery in the number of visas granted over autumn and winter

No explanation for delay that kept 15 academics on tenterhooks for months

Union says vice-chancellors’ shake-up would leave staff thousands of pounds out of pocket annually, but universities say current benefits are unaffordable

Scottish affairs committee calls for universities north of border to be better represented in UK Research and Innovation decision-making

THE event hears that ‘policing’ of social media posts from students studying abroad is stifling classroom debate

Legal bills for claim could reach £120,000, says theatre director

Aggrieved Victorian universities should see new mental health levy as an opportunity to harness resources, conference hears

Appeal on health grounds fails as prosecutor demands message for ignoring serial offending football coach

European Commission says it has heard pleas for more long-term funding, and is considering allowing extra universities to join existing alliances

Total budget for UK’s main public research funder is down 5 per cent

Michelle Donelan also quizzed on campus free speech and antisemitism at GuildHE conference

The computational biologist and Royal Society prizewinner on empowering neurodiversity, academic humour and why emotions are key to problem-solving

LSE’s iconic Economists’ Bookshop is latest casualty but scholars and booksellers insist the university bookstore still matters

Tributes paid to acclaimed philosopher who always ‘gave of herself for the good of the group’

The good, the bad and the offbeat: the academy through the lens of the world’s media

Updated scientific rules for the social media age could set a global trend, with supervision neglect and management cover-ups also in the frame

Several city institutions will not ban unvaccinated students from campus outright but will subject them to testing and may limit access to housing

Attacker got help with doctoral degree while victim was told to find new career, she claims

Just 9 per cent of coronavirus papers have made efforts to help replication of experiments, European Commission open science champion tells summit

Tory peer hopes for role in selecting ‘thoughtful’ appointee to free speech champion role

Border closures, funding cuts and overnight classes have made life ‘unbearable’, learners claim

Investigation, despite little evidence, seen as reflecting growing power of conservative critics of academia

Covid helps end eight years of average increases, with wide state variations

Surveys reveal widespread support among professional staff for working remotely at least some of the time

Many EU academics also now likely to choose ‘simpler option’ of staying in bloc even after trade agreement, expert warns 

University broadens free speech exclusions on request of gender-diverse community

As marginalised becomes mainstream, Australian inclusivity practitioners are urged to adopt a mainstream focus

Experts on research security will help UK researchers to navigate concerns over growing research dependence on China

Intervention by Chapel Hill trustees hits higher education as dangerous new threat of political interference

Senior leaders question why research funder has not tried harder to save at-risk projects

UPP polling suggests criticism of universities that are sticking with digital lectures may not be entirely justified

Scholars launch bid to create co-working spaces for researchers in cities around UK

Anna McKie speaks to three experts about giving feedback that enhances student learning − and some of the most common pitfalls along the way

Meta-analysis of meta-analyses finds incontrovertible benefits, particularly in ‘authoritarian’ teaching cultures

Institutions accused of ‘opportunism’ over job cuts

For some students, but certainly not all, ‘this version of learning is way better than anything that existed before’

Issues for universities to address stretch beyond the supply chain, says Sydney statement

Survey of UK academics shows widespread belief that leaders have used ‘disaster management’ to shift focus away from research, cut jobs and increase managerialism

Covid and equity movement give HBCUs a moment – and money – to show their worth

Covid wave has revealed a deadly lack of welfare and job security

Scholars who stay at one university tend to take ‘safer’ and ‘less ambitious’ paths

‘Devastation and horror’ compound years of isolation and neglect, professor says

Proposals put forward in consultation could reduce increase in contributions from about 50 per cent to 34.7 per cent, according to fund chief executive

Funding body confirms expected dates for cuts to overseas research projects

Democrats accept nomination while extracting commitment on gender equity in science

Suggested new avenue for conservative donor influence opposed by students

Thousands of families are on a ‘high risk’ path to overseas education

Sector figures disagree on whether DfE is on board with using £7,500 cap to cut loan outlay and ‘squeeze’ non-priority subjects

Statistics Netherlands finds that a switch away from grants has cut some students’ education short – despite government promises

Despite backing removal last year, Oxford college says report noted challenges, including government policy

Underwhelming increases in teaching subsidies and student benefits, while research misses out

ANU vows to be a negative net emitter by the end of the decade, as Adelaide unveils the panels and batteries powering its country campus

Waleed Salem has been unable to leave home country after being jailed during research

Researchers press for ministerial code of conduct amid fears that latest political intervention may never be resolved

English universities argue foundation years diversify STEM intake, as Augar call to scrap funding comes back on agenda